 I'm Lindsay and so sorry that we missed June favorites. I got stuck in West Virginia I'm sure you've seen on the news they had a big crazy flood there Well, I just happened to be home visiting my parents when that happened So I didn't get back down here to Lindsay to film June favorites for you guys So we're just gonna come by June and July and share with you some things We've been loving the past couple months. Exactly. How about you kick it out? I'm starting off. Okay, perfect Well, let's start with a fabric that I've been sewing with a lot lately So here in Charleston as we have mentioned many many times. It's very hot. It's very humid So for me sewing in the summer it my mind just immediately goes to light airy breathable and yeah as natural of a fabric Substrate as I can get and I have found that in rayon. Shallie. I just absolutely love this fabric so much it just sews Fairly easily. I mean, it's not like a quilting cotton or anything like that But it is easier than some of those other drapey or silkier fabrics and it wears even more beautifully I feel like it is just Like I said light airy breathable like I made a maxi dress with it That has like a drapey or like elastic waist and the skirt is like very big And so it's just really nice even on a super hot day when you're just like Touching your body like you want rayon. Shallie touching your body because it's so nice. It's also my favorite So it's like I think I mean, it's it's the easiest drapey is fabric just that way So that was my step up when I graduated from quilting cotton. Yeah to start with one of those But yeah, do you have a little bit of a learning curve? Yeah, so this is one of Abby's where this is beautiful Where did you get this? That's actually from like clearanceofffabric.com. Nice. I know I was gonna make pajamas with it But I don't know it might end up being a skirt. I'm not sure. Yeah, I found you'll see in August We are part of the Cali blogging to Cali fabrics blogging team and for our first Collaboration with them. We got a bunch of rayon. Shallie. So I think that they have a fantastic selection of rayon Super affordable like almost all of theirs are $8.99 Which is a great price. So you'll see a lot more about rayon. Shallie, but I have been sewing up a small bunch I've made that maxi dress. I made the Phi Phi Pajama set and I also have so Caroline's kimono printed. I was gonna make that Maybe there isn't that because I was just actually looking to buy it and print it and then I was like I think the legs I would make was like So Caroline's kimono is free. I thought there was one that's not free. I was looking at the one that's not free I think I got a free one I was looking at it, but I didn't think I had enough yardage for one Yeah, but I might have enough yardage of that one. That would be really yeah, I'm adding French to mine. Yes You have to mm-hmm. Yeah, that's what I would do anyway. So rayon. Shallie. You've never tried it Don't be afraid. Just take your time. We'll have lots of tips whenever we do the the Cali fabrics blog to you so Very cool. So one of mine actually arrived why I was stuck in West Virginia I was so bummed I couldn't get it out of my mailbox, but I was looking for some Liberty bias tape and I just went on Etsy and put it in the search box and I found it It's for all the way from Normandy, which is really cool And it's surprisingly surprisingly affordable for Liberty. Some of these were Less than two dollars a yard So I picked out five different ones though The lady was also super nice and helpful one of them She only had a couple yards up, but I knew I wanted more of For a specific project that I'll share with you later But so I just messaged her and she said she'd be getting more in and if I waited just a week But she'd be able to get me the full yardage. I needed so I just picked a few different five different These are all half yard double fold. Does she do other? No, this was the only size she did But I wouldn't be surprised if you send her a message and ask for something specific She'd probably create a custom listing for you Maybe I was trying to find a scene I'm sure because some of them I got They're they're so nice I hate making bias tape if I can buy it and I really don't love the package stuff Especially if you're sewing something like lawn or something lighter than whatever that Terrible I would pay more if they had another option. Yeah, I would too for sure. Yeah, I don't see any seams Yeah, it's a seamless bias tape. That would be cool. I'm sure it's somewhere, but I'm sure she did that this job I'm very impressed and the shipping actually I thought of when I added all to my card I'm like probably not gonna check out because the shipping is gonna be ridiculous You know what you see? I'll add up, but it wasn't it was like five bucks It was like really affordable and actually I just received the lakeside the grain line lakeside Pajamas and I was thinking I was gonna use this for this but it calls for seven yards So I actually think I'm gonna purchase some more so I can get Seven yards to do the all the bias tape in that cute. Yeah, so I'll link her shop below So you guys can check it out in case you're interested in getting some for yourself. Yay Okay, my next one Really have been using this a lot probably because I've been sewing so much of the the lighter weight Fabrics like rayon shali and it is a rolled him foot. So I have a brother machine Mine did not come with a rolled him foot So I purchased a set of them. I think I have a quarter yard three eighths of the yard Yard inch that's good quarter inch three Seven maybe five eight seven eights and an inch. I don't know. There was a bunch of them I have never attempted a one-inch rolled him. I don't even know what you wouldn't use that for but for those really Tight like one of my the maxi dress that I talked about earlier has a flounce going diagonally across this way You know flounce is like a circle and so I just couldn't imagine folding that over half an inch and then Let me try with a rolled hem foot and it to be honest, I am not perfect at it There are definitely some parts where you're like didn't really catch but It does make for a beautiful finished look on the outside And once you get it going and you really take your time and put your machine on the slowest setting So you don't brush yourself. You really can achieve really professional beautiful You know finished hams on those silkier types of fabric always been too afraid to try it and third it takes practice And I'm one of those people is like I just want to do it now. I remember the first time I got it to work I was like And I was like literally like my heart was racing my palms were sweating like it was like a whole Experience and because I just didn't want to screw it up And I just wanted it to continue to work right the way that it was But I think it's definitely one of those things with practice You just learn how to feed the fabric into it and you get it going So one of those days when you just can't decide what you want to make you just pull out some straps and let your mind think about something else and then But you practice exactly so roll ten feet. I'm 99% sure I got these on Amazon So I will link that down below for you guys the set of them All right, so my next thing is what I'm wearing right now I made the new cool facts dress by true bias I've been impressed with everything true bias has put out. I think I've sewn all of her patterns Oh, I made lots of putts and pants. I made the Roscoe blouse. I made the Southport dress Has there been any others? I don't know. You're way better I don't have a library just in my head like how he does well I look forward to when she puts out new patterns because I've loved her pattern so much So I do try to really keep an eye on what she has coming out But this is her latest the cool facts dress. I'm I think actually she also did it for kids too So you could do like a mini version, but I love the dress it is Has a yoke detail in the front which you have a hard time seeing on my busy print But I still think it looks really nice and it's got a nice split if you were looking at me a little closer You could see it So I think it'd be really fun to pick a fabric where you could even emphasize the yoke I'm making a little standout contrast. Can't you do a contrast him too? You can there's two different versions one The one version is no pockets all one fabric and The other version is to do the contrast And to do a contrast him and add the pockets. Well, I did all one fabric and added the pockets I don't in seen pocket. Yeah in some pockets I don't always put in pockets if I'm doing like a drapey fabric It just it's silly like you put your phone in there. He looks silly, but since this was a really Stable fabric, I think it's like a cotton twill I decided to add in the pockets And I've actually been using them a lot because in the summer. I don't even want my purse It's like too much you get away from me. No, I'm never gonna want to come to I'm sorry. It's just July and August like the rest of the year. It's really quite nice Yes, so I've been using my pockets a lot I throw my phone in there my keys and then I've got like a clutch wallet. So I yeah, I'm good to go So I'm enjoying that. I'm already planning another one I really like the fit this I am I sewed up the size two and went out to the four for my hips I'll reference my specific measurements Below so you can compare it it for some reason on me. It's a little snug under the arms So I'll definitely fix that for the next one, but I've got a full review of it up on my blog So I'll link that to so you guys can check that out, but I highly recommend this dress It's perfect for summer all four patterns are perfect to yeah I just sent Abby a picture an inspiration picture from Jay crew when I was there yesterday has some a must-beach will it some kind of stable woven and They have the same placket detail It's straight across the bottom instead of going to a point and they put in these huge one inch grommets six of them They didn't tie string or anything like that, but it just had the holes and it is I mean Dignical to this. Yeah, so I think I want to hack the Colfax into An inspiration dress with that maybe out of chambray or some kind of yeah, I think a white twill I think yeah, I really like you with gold. Oh, that's what it is. I mean, okay I gotta go find that style maker fabric. I wonder if she has white. I think she has a white twill and I saw white denim on there She has the best twills. Yeah, and I'm sure if you mess with church Anyway, so yeah, I think that that's that's definitely what's gonna happen. Okay my turn your check That's your last one. No, okay, so mine is my third one is this this is our like Not really sewing thing because as much as we are obsessed with sewing we do actually have other interests So this is just the like a little insert pack There's actually a whole machine that comes with it, but it's called test bow You may have seen some of their ads on Facebook or Instagram That's where I came across them, but basically ads work Yeah, yeah Yes, I get sucked in a lot graphic tees to sayings on them. I'm like, yes, I have it on that But it's basically this really slim machine and you put in these little packs and inside each of these little things is vitamins, so their whole thing is about Getting your vitamins getting what you need without having to get any of the stuff You don't need and whenever you take vitamins in a pill form obviously they add stuff to that to make it into a pill So you're ingesting a lot of usually unnatural things While you're taking your vitamins and all of their vitamins are also like Blends or mixes I don't know how you would want to explain it But it's not just like you can't just go over there and get a calcium pack. It's things like a women's Blend they have one for men. They have one just for sleep So it has a lot of vitamins that are very soothing and calming and relaxing They have one for energy, which I think they just reformulated that's gonna have actual caffeine in it So it'll be that energy inducing vitamins like B vitamins and stuff like that It'll also have a little bit of caffeine so be great for like before you go work out or for a sewing marathon And then there's one for focus Which so if you have like some issues with any maybe you're not technically ADD But you know you can become a scatterbrained sometimes There's all these different blends you can get and they all come in their own individual pack But pack in the machine you put water in the back of the machine You press a button and it dispenses a little bit of water and a little bit of the powder that's in here and Mixes it all together for you, and then you take it like a shot. It's like a little glass like this So the women's formula tastes like orangey and it is a little grainy But I feel really good about taking my vitamins It's kind of fun to take them because I'm a whole experience with the machine I just love a gadget when I came in I saw it sitting on her counter I meant Lindsay's place a lot so I noticed something new and she's like She was all excited to show me and how it works yet So all I'm taking so far is the women's formula and I have the sleep one and the focus one on Their way, so do you would you pop that one out and pop that one in when you want to sleep one? Yes, I see Yep, exactly. There's like within the machine. There's a way to store three of these things So I'll have three of them and they are all available to do like auto renew like auto ship So because the women's formula you take every day Every 30 days they'll ship you another one So you don't have to worry about remembering to buy them. You don't have to go to the store They just auto ship the other ones they will auto ship, but I didn't know how often I don't think I'm gonna take the sleep every night Yeah, only whenever I'm like, you know particularly like fry's old or stressed So I just got one of those with no auto ship I think it's like five dollars more if you don't sign up for the auto ship. Anyways, I think they're doing a really good job They're very invested in Doing the new formulas and things like that. So this could be like the next new way to take all of your vitamins. That's cool Yeah You don't do citrus. I got a taste. Oh, that's right. I gotta taste them all for Abby I don't like orangey flavored stuff and so when she poured her little vitamins shot when she showed me and I Yeah, I don't think we'd have to mix it with something maybe put it in my smoothie or something Or just hold my nose The holding your nose decreases the taste Yeah, so when I was little my I would hold my nose take my medicine and my mom would give me a chocolate chip It's supposed to be so fun There's a lot of pleasure Knowing that my vitamin was fresh and not full of things it didn't need. Yeah, so anyways I'll link all this below. You have to buy the machine. Obviously, I think it's like a hundred and twenty nine dollars But they're always running coupon codes So I'll see if I can dig one of those up and then these are like thirty dollars a month a dollar a day Yeah for all the vitamins that Unique and they have like the what exactly is in each of them, too You can do all the research test bow care about what's inside That's like inside here and also inside here, right? Okay My last one also completely unrelated to sewing But right now one of the most important things to me in my life I had a I had a little bit of some skin care issues related to sun damage right now, so I Am really really being religious about applying my sunscreen first thing in the morning Of course, you know, you need it But if you go and put your sunscreen on the morning and you go to work and then you get home with Today take your job for what? Well, you're not protected anymore The sunscreen has worn off really need to reapply every two hours But how do you reapply sunscreen when you have makeup on your face? I mean, so anyways, I found the perfect Problem solver for that. It is by color science. It's the sun-forgettable powder sunscreen brush You so cool So you just like you have to prime the brush and then you just swipe it all over your face It doesn't mess up any makeup you already have on your face It's not detectable on your face either. So you don't see like powder on your face So they have a video where they show you how their mineral sunscreen will sit on top of water And it won't sink to the bottom or be absorbed and lots of other mineral sunscreen brands It just absorbs right into the water So you want that to be sitting on top of your face protecting your face not your face absorbing The sunscreen so this one is Superior in many ways it is pricey, but to me it's worth it. I mean it's expensive a skin cancer Exactly. I've got a spot on my face for measuring to make sure I don't have skin cancer. So I this is priceless to me but I found the cheapest on their site. They were running a deal. I'll see if they're still running it by to get one free So it reduced the cost of each one significantly And stick it in your purse have one in your makeup drawer everywhere So you can always be reapplying that as you need it and even if you're not using it as Reapplying it's nice as you're just general sunscreen because not adding that extra layer of you know Moisture or oil if you don't need it. So I highly recommend this is SPF 50. So all the protection that you need cool Gosh, what would they think of that? 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